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My respect for the hack blossomed after watching him face a ferocious over and live to tell the tale
Say what you like about Piers Morgan, the man’s got balls. Kookaburras, no doubt. None of your soft Ooh-Jimmy-and-Duke-under-English-cloud nonsense. Strictly the right stuff here, for a batsman on a hiding to nothing.
Morgan is now the man who owns breakfast as Good Morning Britain co-host with Susanna Reid, the duo presenting must-see telly during the coronavirus pandemic. But until a December day in 2013 Morgan, for me, was just a hack with loud opinions. One over was all it took to change my mind, when one of those opinions – on this occasion slating England’s batsmen as they lurched towards an Ashes whitewash – landed him in an MCG net to face six blistering deliveries from Brett Lee, one of the most lethal bowlers in cricket history. Continue reading...